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Base closing round hits another roadblock
The Obama administration's push to close additional military bases continues to face tough sledding in Congress. This week, a Senate Armed Services panel rejected a proposed Base Realignment and Closure commission for 2015, better known as BRAC. A...Tags: Human Interest, Wars and Interventions, Colleges and Universities, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Fort Monroe
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Reproductive assistance center expands in Virginia Beach
The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine leased more than 18,000 square feet of space at Oceana Place in Virginia Beach, CBRE|Hampton Roads announced. The center, founded in 1997, specializes in assisted reproductive technologies. Oceana Place is a...
Tags: Hampton Roads
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Wittman-led panel taking stand against BRAC
Rep. Rob Wittman was against another round of military base closures before the Obama administration formally requested one. Now the House panel he chairs is poised to endorse that view. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has released its...Tags: Hampton Roads, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Rob Wittman, Langley Air Force Base
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Navy to build new kennel for military working dogs
It's nice to see man's best friend isn't getting shortshrifted because of budget cuts. The Navy announced Monday it has begun construction on a new kennel for military working dogs at the Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach....Tags: Tetra Tech Incorporated
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Navy describes more cuts now that sequestration is here
The Navy this weekend announced additional cutbacks to deal with sequestration, now that the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts are official. The service will defer or cancel up to six ship deployments to various locations around the world...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Naval Station Norfolk
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Ray LaHood, Air Transportation Industry, York County (Virginia), Politics, Williamsburg-James City County Schools
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Former Oceana fighter pilot tapped for International Space Station
A former Navy fighter pilot who spent several years at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach in the 1990s has been selected for a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. Scott Kelly, 48, a New Jersey native, will launch into space...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Space Programs, Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords
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Windber Veterans Day Parade
The borough of Windber and the surrounding communities will celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 12 with a parade and service in Windber Veterans Park to salute military veterans and to thank them for serving America with honor, courage, and commitment. The...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Wars and Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Nationwide Series leader Elliott Sadler spends day with Navy pilots, crew
VIRGINIA BEACH — There are some similarities between the Chevy Impala Elliott Sadler drives in the Nationwide Series and the F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft the pilots of squadron VFA-81 fly out of Naval Air Station Oceana and on the super...
Tags: Emporia (Emporia, Virginia), Auto Racing, Personal Service, Elliott Sadler, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
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Living Here: Military installations
Newcomers will see it right away: Hampton Roads and theU.S. military go hand in hand. Every branch of the service is represented in this corner of southeastern Virginia: Start with the world's largest naval base and the only East Coast home for the...
Tags: Human Interest, York County (Virginia), Barack Obama, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Kandahar Massacre (2012)
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Navy Begins Compensation After Virginia Beach Jet Crash
CNNVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The U.S. Navy will be begin cutting compensation checks as early as Monday to victims of last week's fiery crash of a fighter jet into apartment buildings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. "We are committed to doing the right thing to...Tags: Easter, Air Transportation Industry, CNN (tv network), Fashion Shows, Injuries and Wounds
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Community news: Tidewater Golfweek Amateur Tour stands out again
The scorecard for the 2011 Tidewater Golfweek Amateur Tour is a big-time winner again. The scorecard features the following: • A national team championship for the third time in the last four years. • Two national individual champions. &#...Tags: Jim Gallagher, Jr., Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Smithfield, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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